Reporter Maury Thompson reports that Democratic congressional candidate Aaron Woolf has said he “will absolutely defend the Second Amendment” if elected to represent the 21st District.
 

The Associated Press reports that New York State has purchased an additional 8,451 acres of former Finch timberlands on 14 parcels in Fulton, Warren, Essex, and Hamilton counties. 

Reporter Lohr McKinstry reports that Canadian Pacific Railway has said that because of national security considerations, it can’t tell the public exactly what it would do at a rail disaster.
 

Reporter Pete DeMola reports that Democratic congressional candidate Aaron Woolf has finally gone public with his campaign. 

A staff report notes that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced the latest phase of New York State’s acquisition of 69,000 acres, part of 161,000 acres of former Finch Pruyn lands (and others) purchased by the Nature Conservancy in 2007. 

Reporter Denise Raymo reports that Franklin County is seeking a long-term lease with the Village of Saranac Lake for an upgraded but shorter communications tower on Mt. Pisgah.